This guide concerns live control (timeshift), which allows your listeners to pause, rewind, and then return to the live stream on your HLS streams, with a rewind depth of up to 2 hours.

Introduction

• Unlike Video Streaming Timeshift, there is no scheduling tool associated with Radio.
• Rewind/replay is disabled by default on the Player to give you control over public exposure.

Offer live control to listeners

Prerequisites

• Create or edit an HLS stream in your Radio Streaming product.

Then:

1. When creating (or modifying) an HLS stream, set the Buffer between 00:00:25 and 02:00:00. This value, between 25 seconds and 2 hours, corresponds to the maximum duration for which listeners can rewind and pause the live stream before returning to the live broadcast. It determines the depth of live control. Examples:
   
   • 00:00:25 → 05:00: minimum tolerance for short pauses.
   • 10:00 → 30:00: ideal for news/talk formats.
   • 30:00 → 02:00:00: maximum comfort for music programs and events.
2. Enable replay in your Player (refer to this other guide) if you want to offer it to listeners (disabled by default):